The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-07 00:00:00

LITERATURE. BEN JONSON'S WORKS. 1 Vol. Moxon, London, 1838. Next to Shakspeare, Ben Jonson—" rare Ben !"—is the brightest star in our dramatic firmament. If he have not the prodigal fancy of Beaumont and Fletcher, or the gloomy Power and intense feeling of Webster, neither has he the frequent extravagances to which these faculties in excess give rise ; his intellect is well regulated and evenly balanced, it cool and uniform judgment presiding over all its powers. In point of learning, he leaves all his contemporaries at an immeasurable distance ; and in his ability to deal with the humours, rather than the passions, of our complex nature, he is surpassed only by Shakspeare. Another peculiarity to be observed in him, is the healthy and masculine tone of his mind. There is nothing sickly in his sensibility ;or far fetched or finical in his fancy. He does the bidding of natur e well and wisely. In a word, he is the most tho roughly English writer of his age, in his sound and lusty thoughts, his downright eloquence, his ready, home-spun humou r , which, like old October ale, " bath a body in it," his natural play of fancy, so remarkable in his Masques— end, above all, in his utter contempt for any thing like Clap trap or affectation. The works of this eminent dra matist are now, for the first time, presented to us, in one cheap, handsome octavo volume, which contains, in addi tion, a " Memoir of the Life and Writings of Ben Jonson," from the pen of Barry Cornwall. This Memoir has one besetting defect. It is penned in a spirit—if not of pcsi tive dislike, at least of indifference to honest Ben ; and the constant effort to conceal this spirit under the mask of im partiality, only renders it the more perceptible. How dif ferent would have been his manner had Mr. Cornwall un dertaken to write a Memoir of Beaumont and Fletcher ! How ardent would have been his praises of their matchless te nderness—which so often degenerates into - maudlin sentt Mentality ; of their teeming fancy—which is so often made up of mere conceits ; and of their exuberant variety of charac ters —so few of which have their prototype in human na ture ! This tempting theme he would have discussed in Isis most con amore spirit, for his own " Dramatic Scenes" show in every page how intimate is his acquaintance with, and how hearty his admiration of—not merely the high Poetic genius of Beaumont and Fletcher, but even the turn and structure of their s entences, which he has imitated with signal success. But Ben Jonson seems to be no favourite With Mr. Cornwall. His " strong meats" are, we apprehend, too strong for one of his delicate tastes. Thus he can find nothing better to say of " Volpone" and the " Alchemist" than that " they are full of sharp, weighty, vigorous writing," and that the one " comprises poetry of a higher order" than th e other. Now the two plays thus coldly and tamely spoken of, are, each in its way, a prodigy of intellect, abounding in learning of the most curious and recondite quality, gathered, and apparently without effort, from a thousand different sources ; and displaying strong worldly sagacity, and bring ing out the latent traits of character, with a skill and power of research that even Shakspeare has scarcely surpassed. The concluding passage of Mr. Cornwall's Memoir is by far tie best. It is eloquent and even kindly in its tone anc.l increases our regret that the whole was not penned in the same hearty, animated spirit. The vo lume, w hi c h i s pr i nted with remarkable elegance and dis tinctness, is embellished with an excellent portrait of " rare Ben." EVE EFFINGHAM. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1838. The present tale is a continuation of Mr. Cooper's last novel " Homew ar d B o und," which, it may be remem bered, brok e o ff a b rupt l y w ith th e a rrival of honest Cap tain Truck an d hi s passengers in the American waters. E ve Effi ng h am ta k es up t h e s t or y at that period, and 8 4 1 aws us Eve an d h er f a mily, together with Sir George T emplemore, domesticated together in Mr. Effingham's awn -house in New York. This enables the author to us some very admirable sketches of fashionable society : 1 1 , that city, which are evidently drawn from life, and will th ose who h ave been in the habit of supposing that aristo etatic exclusiveness was a luxury monopolized by the mother country. From these pages we ga ther that New Y or k h as her 6 , West-end" a s well as London ; that she t if i as moreover h er cas tes and sects, and anti - rep ublican no aaas; and plays off all the airs of fashion with q uite as In ch relish for such fooleries, as could be exhibited by any (I " who had regularly graduated at Alrna ck ' s. This is a t r eat comfo r t t o us , for we were beginning to imbibe a no tion that many o f o ur own dandies had al read y carried absurdi ty t o i ts grea t es t height ; but we now find that the y arew) fairly distanced by the fash i o nable a p es of New York, Mr. Cooper's descriptions be correct—must be the v ! e riest asses that ever stood upon two legs, and called mselve s men. The first volume consists almost wholly of thes e, Piquant, social sketches ; but in the seco nd and thiri t ne author transports his characters to Mr. Effing ham 4 country-house, situated in a new settlement on the 'sego. H e r e Sir G eo r ge Templemore hastens to fall in uve with Eve's cousin, a Miss Van Courtlandt, whom he arr ies on the spot ; while Mr. Powis—the hero of Homeward Bound"—performs the same kind and consi derate office for Eve, having just previously ascertained that he is the long-lost, unacknowledged son of her father's nearest relative, Mr. John Effingham, who had always been reputed to be an old bachelor. It will be seen by this asty sketch, that there is little of novelty or complicated i ncident in the tale. It is indeed remarkably simple in its c onstruction, and must depend for effect chiefly on the 8 0.44 and truth of its incessant dialogue, and its accurate delineation of character. In this last respect it is by no tneana Mr. Cooper's best work. It wan ts variet y . A risto- Indus Bra g , a bustling provincial man of all work, half l awyer, half estate-agent, is the clevere st p ortrait in the a ; if we except Mrs. Bloomfield, who is a quiet, finished American lady, sketched off with singular ease and t a ec• The cursory descriptions of the manners of some c humbler classes in the new Otsego settlement, deserve raise for th e i r , a pparently, strict and literal tr uth. Mr. , e "Per is no fl a tt er er of his countrymen. T hus he repre sents a Party of villagers sca red awa y from a gentleman's I. e . "' (In which they were playing foot-ball, by the a g ent's ti :oark t h at it was " vulgar and aristocratic" to p ursue kk eir sports in such a place! This ho rror of vulgarity la ng the inhabitants of a semi•barbarous, American vii is a very edifying trait of character. ------ A BOOK OF THE PASSIONS. By J2I3IES. Longman, London, 1838. " Anotifer and another still su cceeds !" We have P ere another Annual, illustrated with sixteen engravings, Zea de s i gns f u nished by some of the ablest artists of the 44 Some of th,lse engravings are very forcibly e xecuted, chi' not o f th em ai -e blow mediocrity. One of the best c h i ' not the best—is a half-length picture en titled " Maria Arquas," which is the portrait of a beautiful young 3 4 / a n, whose beauty, howe%•er, is rather of an En g lish, than va Yanish character. The tales, in illustration of these vr „`s, are a ll f rom the pen of Mr. james, the novelist, and t rald have been much better if they had not been such set j 4 e e l eriPtions o f th e p ass ions. They contain many stirr in g 'dents ; but, generally speaking, they are too diffuse. a fir s t, w hi c h t h e au th or ca lls " Remorse," is the most tit t i d e resting of the series, and turns upon the mur der of an leller by a younger brother , for w hich the survivor, who e '"arse t iv ! the story in the first person, is ever after g iven over to , THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. tl i , rh e arrivals of Wheat and Flour t his week are small, but theweather being no w moderate, many vessels are comin g in, t e Cor n i n which has been chiefly p reviousl y sold. The Wheat Trade remains firm at Monday's prices, with . k s c l i e doi ng. f'or Foreign the p u rchasers asked higher prices, tk w ith a moderate demand , s ome sales have realised rather i s er terms than at the beginning of the week. Barley also CZain rath er dearer. Beans and Peas rema i n as last q uoted. 4t It s t fi nd slack sale at last quotations, there being no variety arket. Flour finds buyers at last q uotations. ARRIVALS. O i ligh Wheat. Barley. I 10 Oats. Flnur nsh • ........... 3,790 qrs. I 2,650 qrs ............ 0 11 90 uq . rs. I 3,_640 .acks , , • - brig. 650 1 - S SMITHFIELD. to n, u -PPly rather short, with a better trade for Beef and Mut 4ese but no variation in prices. Veal dull , but the y oung bri 4 : i Ptions 2d. per stone higher ; Pork unvari ed, and not 64 2. • Beasts, 4,463 ; Sheep, 3,706 ; Calves , 136 ; Pigs, 'Ve I Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton , 3 s. 10d. to 4s. 10d. ; 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. tO °°°cl supplies to-day, and prices much lower. Turbot, ss. 4 1C1 ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Cod, 2s. to 10s. 12s. kl. 0 -158 . each ; Lobsters, Is. to 4s. each ; Whiting, 4 d. t o -4 ch ; Haddock, 6d. to Is. each: SEED MARKET. ko N t °t 11111 6 doing. The arrivals light. Rape Seed secures kin_,e business than a ny other description. Prices firm for all ; but unaltered. Y ' TALLOW MARKET. • is 585., with but little business. T t y he COLONIAL MARKET. gt Public sales to-day were but few, as is always the case B. p s t ime of th e y ear ; prices much as they have been. thr ou * 'Sugar sells st ea dily at the firm prices of yesterday , and la ti d go the week a good business has been done. To-day we inf er Public sale of 0 200 bags Manilla Sugar, mostly an vibiZ r Parcel which sold at from about IBs. to 19s. 6d., %1 1 - l i ar ° form ' er • ; the whole did not sell. 3.000 bags r h - s Sugar tvenptraictepsrices varying between 44s.and 645.6 d., qrrri e in -- , ; are previous rates. Rice-1,400 bags India sold at n4 aii r ty —ees, say at rates.between 16s. and 215., according to . bess, C ut Spices are very quiet ; Indigo is securing less bum 111°Ile ' s firm. During the week there has been but a the ;ear business done, still short stocks, and the season could 15 ez e r , ar b eing taken into the account, it is as much as r ec tedy The imports are heavier. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—This afternoon her Majesty rode out on horcback, attended by Baroness Lehzen, the Hon. Miss Murray, Viscount Torrington, Sir F. Stovin, the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Colonel Buckley, and Mr. Brand. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked through the Slopes and on the Terrace. Lady Tavistock accompanied the Hon. Mrs. Brand in a carriage airing. The Marquis Conyngham, Countess Cowper, and Lady Fanny Cowper took their departure this morning. The Earl of Albemarle arrived at the Castle this even ing, and had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street. The Commander of the Forces, Sir James R. Carnac, the Governor of Bombay, Sir Charles Adam, and Sir Duncan M'Dougal had interviews with Lord Glenelg yes terday at the Colonial Office. Sir J. Carnac, Bart., the newly-appointed Governor of Bombay, transacted business with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The worthy Baronet is expected to leave England for Bombay in about a month. The American, Prussian, Austrian, and Turkish Am bassadors transacted business yesterday at the Foreign De partment. The Chevalier de Mora, Consul-General of the Bolivian Republic, transacted business with Viscount Palmerston at the Foreign Office on Thursday. General Alava, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. A deputation, including Mr. Smith and Mr. Ewart, transacted business at the Colonial Office yesterday. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing street for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatches were sent off last. evening from the Colonial Office for Sir John Colborne, G.C.8., Commander of the Forces in Lower Canada ; for Sir George Arthur, Lieu tenant-Governor of Upper Canada ; and for Sir John Her vey, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Office for Lord Ponsonby, the British Ambassador at Con stantinople. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign De partment from the British Ministers resident at the Courts of Brussels and the Hague. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council resumed yesterday the appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Barry v. Butlin, in the goods of Pendock Barry, Esq., deceased. The Queen's Advocate was heard on the part of the respondent until the rising of the Court. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Baron Dieskau at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle ; Sir Philip and Lady Egerton and family in Hertford-street, from their seat, Oul ton- park, Cheshire ; Mrs. Huskisson in Carlton-gardens, from her scat, Eastham, near Petworth, Sussex ; the Dowager Lady de Clifford on Carlton-terrace, from her villa at Richmond ; Mr. Ewart Gladstone, M. P., and Miss Gladstone in Carlton gardens, from a Continental tour ; Count Senfft Pilsach at Mivart's Hotel, from Peg's York Hotel, at Brighton , Col. O'Reilly in Grosvenor-street, from Brighton; Lord Alford in Belgrave-square, from ditto ; Sir Edward Cust in New street, Spring-gardens, from his seat, Leasowe Castle, Che shire ; Lord Euston in Grosvenor-place, from Euston Hall, Thetford ; Mr. and Mrs. Verschoyle ; Viscount Strangford in Harley-street, from his seat, near Ashford, Kent ; Lord and Lady Mahon in Grosvenor-place, from a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Verulam and the Ladies Mary and Jane Grimston in Grosvenor-square, from their residence at Dover ; Sir Thomas Molyneux from Cheltenham ; Sir Francis Shuck burgh, Bart., at the Pavilion. Hans-place, from Worthing; Sir William Abdy, Bart., in Hill-street, from Ramsgate; the Earl De Grey, in St. James's• square, from Leamington Spa ; the Hon. William Bagot, in Belgrave-square, from a tour on the Continent ; Viscount Grimston, in Grosvenor-square, from Gorhambury, Herts ; Count Albert Esterhazy, at the Austrian Embassy, from a tour in Devonshire ; Sir C. and Lady Jer voise, in Hanover-square, from Worthing ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo, and the Ladies Browne, in Mansfield street, from Leamington Spa; Baron Gersdorff, in Grosve nor-place, from a visit to Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart.„ at his seat, Wynnstay, Wales. DEPARTURES. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, from Campden Hill, Kensington, for Stanmore Priory, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn ; the Duke de Stackpool, from Hyde Park-terrace, for Paris ; the Duke of Rutland, from Bolton-street, for Leicestershire ; Lord Maitland, for the Continent ; the Earl of Shelburne, from Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, for the family seat, Bowood Park, Wilts ; the Countess of Radnor and Lady Jane Bouverie, from Gros venor-street, for Dover ; the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and Lady Augusta Somerset, from Arlington-street, for their seat, Badminton, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire ; the Duke of Richmond, from Portland-place, for Goodwood Park, Sus sex ; the Hon. John Knox, for Paris ; Lady Radstock, from Park-place, for Brighton. THEI SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1838. THE EARL OF DURHAM. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The Earl of Durham passed through Ashburton on Wednesday ; he was met by the inhabitants and escorted to the Town-hall, where an address was presented to him by Richard Caunter, Esq., from the inhabitants of Ash burton, and one from the borough of Totnes, by a deputa tion who came for that purpose. The deputation con sisted of five Members of the Town Council (including two Magistrates), and the Town Clerk. His Lordship replied in a most animated and eloquent speech ; we re gret no Reporter was present. The addresses from both towns had been adopted at public meetings, at which the chief officers presided, without a dissentient voice. The Noble Earl was accompanied by the Countess of Durham. They immediately left for Exeter. CHANGES. Mowbray Earl of H ray;the E arl o w andth, C a e t ee L te e s a s m e cng s t i o n n Spa, from peb eMefrl from their etcli s f e te a n t, , I f Z r u e s or m sb c o h u e g i h tee Ctle Sir Cheltenham theDJ euhk t ee o w e of i f d n L L e a e d a y Po s,e Coc th k is , seat, Hornby Castle, from a visit to Lord and Lady Wham- cliffe, at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield ; the Dowag er L a d y , Suffield and the Hon. Misses Macdonald, at Dover, from Brook House, Charlton ; the Duke and Duchess of Buc cleuch, Earl of Dalkcith, Earl of Howe, Viscount Emlyn, &c., at Paris, from Calais ; Lord Segrave, at his seat, Berke.. ley Castle, from his villa at Cheltenham ; the Hon. Henry Liddell, M. P., at Ravensworth Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady Ravensworth, from a tour; Sir Charles Dalbiac, Bart., in Yorkshire, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Rox burgh, at their seat near Kelso ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, at their seat, Seaham Hall, rear Sunderland, from Mount Stewart, Newtownlands, Ireland ; Sir F. and Lady Maclean, at Connisborough, near Doncaster, from Cheltenham ; Colonel and Lady A. Bristo we, at Leaming ton Spa, from Shavington, near Market Drayton ; Sir J. V. and Lady Johnstone, at their seat, Hackness, near Scarborough, frcm a visit to Earl and Countess of Hare wood, at Harewood Hall, Yorkshire ; Lord Douglas, at Both well Castle, from Douglas Castle ; the Earl and Countess of Meath, at Dublin, from their scat, Killruddery, County Wicklow; the Hon. Charles and Lady Georgiana Wortley, at Wortley Hall, Yorkshire, from Belvoir Castle, Rutland shire ; the Earl and Countess of Airlie, on a tour, from Airlie Castle, Forfar ; Count and Countess Montholon, at Portsmouth, from America ; Viscount St. Vincent and the lion. Miss M. A. Jervis, at Clifton Wells, from Bath ; Mr. W. Ord, M. P., and Mrs. Ord, at Cheltenham, from their seat, Whitfield, Northumberland ; Sir Charles Lamb, at Paris, from Milan ; Colonel and Mrs. Wollaston, at Lea mington Spa, from their seat, Stenton Hall, Hinckley ; Ad miral Bridges, at Dublin, from Cheltenham ; the Dowager Viscountess Hood, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Bridport, at Crichel Lodge, near Chard, from Whitley Ab bey, near Coventry ; the Countess of Plymouth, at St. Leo nard's-on- Sea, from her seat, Knowlo Park, near Sevenoaks, Kent ; the Earl of Gosford, at Dublin, from his seat, Gos ford Castle, Armagh ; Sir Augustus Clifford, at Paris, from Brighton ; the Earl and Countess of Darlington, at Ponton, from their seat in Shropshire. His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg has con ferred on his Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Wurtemberg. The Duke of Grafton came up to Grafton House, Piccadilly, in the preceding week from Wakefield Lodge, Stoney Stratford ; and is now gone to Euston Hall, near Thetford, in Norfolk. The Duchess of Canizzaro arrived in Hanover square from Dover ; and yesterday her Grace left town for the villa at Wimbledon. The Duke of Devonshire, who was so liberal a patron of Canova (as the several chef d'alivres of this distinguished sculptor at Chatsworth prove), has, during his Grace's pre sent sojourn in Italy, added several fine productions from the chisel of Thorwaldsen, Marchesi, and other living ar tists, to his Grace's already large and valuable collection of marbles. Earl Spencer is expected in town on Wednesday next from Althorp. The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester and Lady C. Paulett, intend to pass the winter in town. Their spacious mansion in Cavendish-square has undergone ex tensive repairs and alterations, and is now ready for they reception. His Royal Highness the Duke of Lucca was visited at Mivart's Hotel yesterday by Lord William Bentinrk, Duke of Beaufort, Lord Tenterden, Baron de Rothschild, Sir James Hamilton, Lord Dudley Stuart, Count Albert Esterhazy, Count Pollen, Baron Lebzeltern, Sir William Dundas, Baron Gersdorff, Duke de Regina, Sw. The Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elliot have not yet arrived at the Admiralty from Minto Castle, but they are daily expected. The Duke of Bedford arrived at his villa at Campden hill, Tticosington, yesterday, from the Marquis of Aber orn's scat, geptley Priory, where Lord John Russell h as a ,;ived on a vi.kit to the Marquis and Marchioness, from Ca sliio:;ury Park. 1:liz ),y)lole of the Noble Duke's family have been (JO a visit to the lYiu , tois And Marchioness durin. , the week. MR. DENNISON, M.P., I iOR WEST SURREY.— The Honourable Member is slowly r ecocring from a se vere attack of the gout, at Matlock, in I)erliythire, where he has been for some weeks residing. The Marquis Conyngham does not leave town to visit his Honourable relative, all dangerous symptoms having auWided. The chri sten i ng o f the young; Viscount Hamilton , son and h e i r o f t h e M arqu i s o f Lercorn, has been post poned until after Christmas, owing to the late bereavement in the family of the Duke of Bedford, CORN-LA W FALLACIES, WITH THE ANSWERS. (Continued from The Sun of Wednesday.) 306.— 0 n the necessity of energetic Exertions for the Pro tection of Agriculture.—There never was a country placed in a more critical situation, than the united kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, are at the present moment. Those principles, by an adherence to which, the British empire rose to a height of prosperity and power altogether unprecedented in history, are in a great measure lost sight of; and new maxims are promulgated, which, if adopted, m ust inevitably terminate in its destruction. The national prosperity was founded on the cultivation and improvement of an extensive territory, containing in a ll a b out seventy-three millions of acres, producing all the necessaries, most of the more essential requisites, and many of the luxuries of life, while it furnished at the same time occupation and sub sistence to some millions of a most valuable description of persons, who directed their attention to the improvement of the soil, and spent their lives in carrying on its cultivation.— On the Corn Laws. From " The Code of Agriculture," by the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Addenda, No. xi , . —[Continued.] ANSWER.—The question is whether the British empire was powerful by virtue of those principles, or in spite of them. The national prosperity was founded on possessing the necessaries, the more essential requisites, and the luxu ries of life, and on the occupation and subsistence arising to all classes thereby ; but it was not founded on obtaining these from the seventy-three millions of acres when they could better have been obtained elsewhere, nor on obtaining what could be had from the seventy-three millions of acres when twice as much could have been obtained somewhere else. 307.—1 n 1831-2, a calculation was made by a laborious and intelligent author, ( William Marshall Esq), who has de voted himself to statistical investigations, and who possesses peculiar advantages for making ,such inquiries, from which it appears, that the inhabitants of Great Britain may be divided, by the occupations they respectively pursued, into the follow ing classes : Analysis of tlw Occupations in the Population of Grea, Britain in 1831-2. Families. Families. 1,050,0001 1. Agricultural occupiers 2. Labourers in husbandry BOO,OOO j ( Average of each family 6) 3. Mining labourers (average 5) . 4. Millers, bakers, butchers (average 5) ... 5. Artificers, builders (average 5) 6. Manufacturers (average 6) 7. Handicraftsmen, tailors, and shoemakers (average 6) S. Merchants and dealers (average 6) 9. Seamen (average 3) 0. Professional services, legal, medical, and clerical (average 5) .. 90,000 I. Disabled paupers (individuals) 2. Annuitants and proprietors (average 4) 500,000 120,000 200,000 130,000 400,000 80,000 330,000 250,000 Total, Great Britain 4,370,000 Total, Ireland Total, United Kingdom. Persons. 6,300,000 600,000 1,000,000 650,000 11,400,000 1,080,000 2,100,000 750,000 450.000 1,100,000 ,000,000 18,430,000 7,600,000 26,030,000 In such calculations, regarding matters subject to perpetual fluctuations, minute accuracy is not to be expected. All that can be looked for is an approximation to truth. It is ?vident however, that the manufacturing classes, when compared to the agricultural, form but a small portion of the community; yet, in consequence of their living contiguous to each other, their being easily assembled, having active and interested leaders to manage their concerns, and being disposed to act in unison, they have acquired a degree of importance in the state, to which they have no just pretensions.-Id. A.—Examine the pretensions of the agriculturists, even as the statement stands. 1 and '2. The agricultural occupiers and labourers in Great Britain, are stated at 6,300,000 persons ; having that apparent interest in a continuance of the Corn-laws, which arises from the mass of occupation for their callings being increased, and that substantial interest in a removal, which arises from their being all on the high road to men dicity together, in consequence of the competition enforced upon them by the limitation of the general industry of the community. But let this pass, and them all be taken as persons who would vote for the continuance of the Corn laws. 3. The mining labourers and proprietors have a direct interest in their produce being sold abroad, to those who would give two bushels in return, instead of those who would give one. 4. The millers, bakers, butchers, are interested in the quantity of flour and beef the community is to consume, but not at all in the quarter from which it comes, still less in a smaller quantity from one quarter being consumed, in stead of a greater from another. 5. The artificers and builders are interested in building as many houses as they can ; and have not the smallest in terest in building one house for the landed interest, instead of two for the commercial. 6. The manufacturers have a first-class interest agains e restriction of foreign trade. 7. The handicrafts — men, tailors, and shoemakers, are in terested in working for the greatest population they can ; and have not the smallest interest in working for the population that can be kept on the corn of an island, when they might work for those who could be kept on the corn of the continent besides. To represent those who are at present engaged on the persons of the agriculturist s , as interested thereby in the continuance of the Corn-laws, is a fallacy. Try them ; and they will be faithless the moment two manufacturers come for shoes instead of one agricul turist. 8. The merchants and dealers have a first-class interest in the opening of commerce. Not a man of them will stick to the agriculturists for love, or refuse to turn over two stocks, from gratitude to those who have hitherto limited him to one. 9. The seamen have a first-class interest of the same kind. It would be absurd to expect to see them refusing. to man two new ships, because, say they, they have been used to man one old. 10. The professional men have a general interest in serving the increased population instead of the limited. Lawsuits must be in proportion to the number there are to quarrel, and the amount they have to quarrel for. Tho cure of bodies and of souls, must be important in propor tion to the quantity of subjects on which they arc to be exercised. 11. The disabled paupers have no interest in the con tinuance of the system by which they were pauperised. On the contrary, its removal must at all events tend to make society support them with less reluctance. . .. 12. The annuitants and owners of property in general, must be interested in what shall make the necessarie s of life plentiful and cheap, and not what shall make them scarce and dear. On the naked statement set out with, therefore, there are 6,300,000 persons in Great Britain, having a lame, im perfect, and imaginary interest in the continuance of the Corn-laws, and 12,430,000 persons having a substantial, undoubted, and home-felt interest of various degrees of strength, in their removal. If Ireland is to be taken into the account, it is impossible to concede that the 7 or 8 millions of Irish have any more of aggregate interest in the Corn-laws than their brethren of Great Britain. The Irish agricultural labourer is notoriously driven by competition to starve upon potatoes ; and the wonderment of the innocent public that he gets none of the corn and beef which he creates, is just as reasonable as to admire that the man who turns a wheel for the great jewellers on Ludgate-hill, wears neither rubies nor diamonds for his pains. If Ireland had a separate legislature and could abolish Corn-laws (which would be one of the last consequences likely to arise from such a separation), her manufactures might take a large sweep upon the Con tinent, and commercial martyrs would flock with their ca pital from Great Britain, for the sake of liberty of trade. But till these two points are carried, the best chance for improving the condition of the Irish population, is probably in the demand for muscle which would be the result of the British islands being opened to foreign commerce, joined to the share which Ireland might reasonably expect to have at home, in the benefits of such a consummation. 308. —But the persons who are at the bottom of this mis chievous cry for a change in our Cora-laws, who demand cheap corn, and who deceive the public by the most artful misrepre sentations of the advantages to be derived from foreign impor tation, are, " the dealers in foreign corn," and in particular those who are employed to sell that article on commission. It is they wit° insist on the repeal of all laws favourable to do mestic growth, and demand, that full liberty shal l be given, for the importation of grain, without any restraint whatever, and from every country in the universe. Such doctrines cannot be too loudly reprobated. —ld. A.—The dealers in foreign corn have as much right to demand security in their trade, as dealers in home-grown, so long as they propose no robbery on the community as the means. And the community win be on their side , (TO BE CONTINUED.) Great complaints have, during the last five or six (lays, been made b y persons trave lli ng on the Great Western Railway, i n consequence of various delas in the arrival of the tralps. t.atelv thp engiaP bringing up the early train f rom M a i d e n h ead got o ff t h e line, and did not re gg h Paadington un til an h our a fter Its proper time ; and on the same pvpping the Thander ctig i P9' which was to have taken th e six oclOck train to town, while cornip:: from the engin e -h ouse at Alaidenhead, also got o ff the line, an 4 IWus !.i1j41310 I=R proceed, The Venus PngiP, ° was then attached tp thp t ra i n, Whi ch procee d e 4 tpwaras town. On the arrival' of the North Star engine with the seven, o?,olprlr train at Sl oug h , t h ey however f oun d th e six o'clock train had beep pl ia bl e tp proceed f urt h er f o r the want of steam ; and th e enginecr t s'of the North Star were under the necessity of p ro p e lli ng the Venus w i t h h er t ra in to Paddington, where they both arrived shortly before pine o'clock. MEETING AT LLAYELLY. On the 30th of November a public meeting of the pa rishioners of Llanelly was convened to consider of the case of Mr. John James, committed to gaol for non-payment of costs of a suit in the Ecclesiastical Court against him, for absenting himself from the parish church. Mr. WILLIAM REES, churchwarden (Mr. James's suc cessor), having been called to the chair, The Rev. DAVID TLIOMAS moved—" That this meeting views with indignation and abhorrence the dastardly and cruel conduct of the parties concerned in the incarceration of Mr. John James, and feels in duty bound to employ every possible means to effect his liberation from gaol ; and, in the meantime, to sympathise most deeply with him, his af flicted wife, and injured children." We must discounte nance every usurpation, from whatever quarter it emanates, whether from civil or ecclesiastical authorities—whether from learned prelates, or from a furious mob. 'We must oppose every species of tyranny, against whomsoever its weapons are directed, whether against Episcopalians or Dissenters, against Papists or Infidels. We must condemn every persecution, however lenient it may be considered. Whether it exposes humanity to death or poverty, to con tempt or any other inconvenience, it is a practice which ought not to exist in nay shape nor under any circum stance. It is the same intolerant spipit which has con signed many Nonconformists to the tortures of death, and which persecutes and plunders the Catholics of Ireland and the Dissenters of England, for non-payment of tithes and Church -rates, that has imprisoned a respectable farmer from this neighbourhood for non- submission to church ty ranny. If every one has a right to attend his own place of worship, it is evident that the course pursued against our imprisoned neighbour is not less absurd than if a Popish priest had punished a Churchman for non-attendance at a Roman Catholic chapel. Hoping that the time is not far distant when equal protection and liberty shall be extended to all classes of the community, I beg to move the resolution. The Rev. DAVID REEs, in seconding the resolution, said —I am sure you will not submit tamely to the base at tempts and cowardly essays of individuals interested in the continuance of tyranny to terrify and squeeze you into submission to their own wil!s—you will not silently and' spiritlessly allow those dens of corruption called " Ecclesiastical Courts" to tamper with your rights and invade your privileges as citizens and as Christians. Behold, then, ye men of Llanelly at an advanced period of the 19th century—amidst all our vaunted liberties— a bumbailiff, invested with all the authority of an eccle siastical proctor, at the instance of a Protestant clergy man, unceremoniously entering the abode of one of your selves, and there laying his hand upon an innocent and inoffensive man, on the very hearth where he first breathed, and on which he had been fondly dandled on the knee of maternal indulgence, and tore a husband and a father from all his domestic comforts, and dragged him away from the home of peace and tranquillity, not heeding the sobs and tears of an affectionate and much-afflicted wife, nor the deep concern of interesting children. Dissen ters ! as most of you are, can you, who claim kindred with the exalted spirits of the despised puritans, gaze at these things unmoved, and let them pass unheeded and unrebukel? Let not the sacred cause of liberty, which cost them tears imprisonment, and blood, suffer by our indifference or, cowardice ; they bequeathed it unto us sanctified by their blood, upon trust, that we should preserve it for the future generations. Our esteemed friend who is now, by the tender mercies of a spiritual court, peeping through the bars of Carmarthen gaol, has done his duty. The paltry sum demanded for not attending church was of no consi deration, had he not had a sense of his duty to his God before his eyes. He willingly suffered himself to be spoiled of his liberty, his domestic comforts, and the so laces of home, rather than yield any submission to the in quisition of the nineteenth century. Let us also do our duty ; we ought to lay hold of this opportunity of creating a storm in public opinion, and bring it to bear well upon the citadels of our oppressors. Ye Protestants, be mind ful whence ye have derived your names ; recollect the noble army of martyrs who loudly protested against giving summary authority to Rome in ecclesiastical matters, and against enacting and renewing sanguinary laws and edicts against Christians ; but if protestations were at any time necessary against the encroachments of Popish Rome, the signs of the times indicate, beyond a doubt, the necessity of protesting against the cruel usurpations of Protestant Rome. Why should the raking of the filthy sinks which received the dregs of the 12th c en t ur y. f or rusty weapons of torture be tolrated in this enlightened age ? Let your loud and long protest against the power that imprisoned John James be heard in the chambers of royalty—in the houses of Legislature, and let every remote and sequestered corner in the kingdom reverberate the sound. Much has been said and done to set forth the uncomeliness of a State Church ; bat many people in our neighbourhood could not comprehend the reasonings of a Redford, the arguments of a i andtabn,d said, Burn eteven in andthenotwithstanding Welsh language, all have written there we were many who thought that we made too much fuss and noise about a thing which they considered of no import ance ; the Vicar ran to our assistance, and drew the picture Sibree,Sm of an Establishment in the most vivid colours. Would that all were to act the same honest part ! Then we should soon see what every honest and intelligent Christian would wish to come to pass—the separation of Church from State, and its reduction to a perfect equality with other denomi nations. When this will be accomplished, we shall give credit to our Vicar for doing more than any of us for ac complishing this desired end. Mr. THOMAS moved, " That a subscription be imme diately entered into for the purpose of liberating Mr. James." The motion ha v i n g b ee n seconded by Mr. WILLIAMS, a liberal subscription was obtained, and the meeting sepa rated, highly satisfied with the proceedings of the day. yeasm a ' i d a: I'll noi:enn long time t r r CON.—A process for adultery between N., the wife of . a Captain , in a regiment which • e quartered in the South of France, and the or of the same regiment, named Paulet, came Surgeon-Mai to a trial on Friday, before the Correctional Police. Capt. eeling, urging the utmost vengeance of the law N. stated li t :case himself with . a remarkable isplay of energy upon the rt arts, u t exculpating e f n a a u c l e t y wife, s vic tim by declaring his conviction that s h e h a d b een the vic im o f the most , and nd even of m Paulet, who had threatened that if s h e di d not comp ly with his desires, he would poison her husband an d her children, with whom she had lived for ten years as a dutiful and affectionate wife and mother. The in into Egypt, w h ere P au l et h a d a lucrative ap pom jured husband farther stated that the guilty p ar ti es h a d fl e d togetherintent, taking with th em one o f t h e i r children. Capt. N. was on the point of following them, when he received a letter from the French Consul at Alexandria, stating that they were about to re-embark for France. He saw them land, and would immediately have avenged himself on the man, who had dishonoured himself and his family, but for a solemn promise which he had given to the Procureur du ltoi, of Marseilles, that he would suffer the law to take its course. The evidence brought forward in this case left no possibility of doubt as to the criminality of the parties. Madame N., on being called upon for her defence, remained mute, or a nswere d only by a flood of tears. Paulet de nied mo s t o f the more flagrant ac ts imputed to him, but was compelled t o a d m i t t h e ma i n po i nts. Th e p l ea di ngs o f the cou nse l f or Captain N. and Paulet, and of the public prosecutor,were most impressive. Madame N, employed no ad vocate. Having taken time to deliberate, the Court sentenced Madame N. to be imprisoned for three months, and M. Paulet for two years, condemning him also to pay a fin e o f 5 00 f., and 5,000 f. to Captain N. as darnagea. When M a d ame N. heard the sentence upon b orsch, she fell i n t o a v i olent fit of convulsions, and was carried out of Court t o th e Great Hall, whore, by proper attention, ',:le was restored, M, Paula was conducted to prise':„ appa rently ovorciorne by similar feelings. since Refe rr i ng we went to p ress on Saturday to the weather, th,Zl Cork I?eporter says, of ext ens i the weather has con tinued very temne.r4ous—,the windy steady at S.W. and W ' s l\V• with heavy and almost incessant falls of rain and hail. Fr om t h e more distant d i str i cts o f t h e county reports ye losses wi ka tuaed by the late tremendous gale s have ll" 11 veee i ve d . The storms a l ong t h e tracts o f l and stretching from Glandore round to Berehaven have been represented as without parallel for many years, sweeping away the unprotected oab,ins of the poor, and rendering wasteila. rA.qtatoe pits in a lmost numberless cases. Altogether the ,, 0Q committed amongst the farming and labouring classes is appalling. Til -D4isso . s Mowry states that permission has given been by the authorities at the head of the navy for docki ng the Great W es tern at Milford, in her Majesty's Yard ; and th ey h ave tac k e d to the license a wish that suitable accommodations may be in future provided in Bris tol for the operations of large Steam Companies. LOWER CANADA. The following is a copy of the Rebel Proclamation, signed by some new and unknown adventurer : " PROCLAMATION. " Patriot Camp, Colwell's Manor, Nov. 5, 1838, Head-quarters of Missiskoui and Richelieu Division. " The oppressed inhabitants of Lower Canada having suffered for more than half a century the iron yoke of despotism from their cruel and haughty conquerors, have determined to make one more effort to rid themselves of their bloody and vindictive taskmasters, and to change their form of Government from a miserable Colonial vassalage to a free and independent Republic. Having for years humbly petitioned the haughty Monarchs of Great Britain, and also the Imperial Parliament, for the redress of their grievances, and having remonstrated with the several departments of the Home Government against their ususpations and oppressions, and having warned the people of the United Kingdom that their sufferings must, if not redressed, at length drive them to the last resort, their prayers, remonstrances, and warn ings, being unheard, or only answered by more unnatural and cruel oppression and debasement, their last vestige of liberty being destroyed by the annulling of their constitu tional rights, their trial by jury, the suspension of the Habeas Corpus, and the declaration of martial law, and by having a petty tyrant to rule over them, with unlimited power, disposing by proclamation of the lives and liberties of the people without law or trial of any form—such cruel ties and indignities are insufferable by any people, and, ap pealing to God and an enlightened world, they have taken up arms as their last and only resort, and, trusting in the righteousness of their cause, they are resolved never to re linquish their efforts to sever their connection from Great Britain, and establish for themselves an independent and liberal Government, securing equal rights to all classes and conditions in the land. • " The Canadians, without a blush, ask the sympathies of the citizens of the United States. When your fathers were fighting the unequal battle for independence, which has secured you the glorious Republican institutions which you now enjoy, our ancestors stepped nobly forward and espoused your cause, and by their assistance of men and munitions of war you were enabled successfully to battle with the same haughty nation which is now grinding to the dust the bleeding victims and liberty-seeking Patriots of Canada. Come, then, to our assistance, ye sons of noble sires, rally beneath the banner of freedom which is now unfurled in Canada, and assist with your arms our suffering country. Show your love of constitutional and universal liberty by uniting yourselves with the Patriot army of Ca nada. Your sacrifices and services will be most liberally rewarded, and you will enjoy the rich reward in after days of having your names handed down to posterity as the ex ample of Lafayette, Pulaski, De Kalb, Steuben, and other worthies of the American revolution, who left their own native land to fight in the good cause of freedom for a worthy but suffering people. " C. G. BRYANT, Grand Eagle." REBEL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. " Whereas the solemn covenant made with the people of Lower and Upper Canada, and recorded in the statute book of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as the 31st chapter of the Act passed in the 31st year of the reign of King George 111. bath bean continually vio lated by the British Government, and our rights usurped ; and whereas our humble petitions, addresses, protests, and remonstrances, against this injurious and unconstitutional interference have been made in vain, and the British Government hath disposed of our revenue without the constitutional consent of our local Legislature, pillaged our treasury, arrested great numbers of our citizens, and committed them to prison, distributed through the country a mercenary army, whose presence is accom panied by consternation and alarm, whose track is red with the blood of our people, who have laid our villages in ashes, profaned our temples, and spread terror and waste through the land : and whereas we can no longer suffer the repeated violations of our dearest rights, and patiently support the multiplied outrages and cruelties of the Government of Lower Canada, we, in the name of the people of Lower Canada, acknowledging the decrees of a Divine Providence, which permits us to put down a Go vernment which bath abused the object and intention for which it was created, and to make choice of that form of Government which shall re-establish the empire of justice, assure domestic tranquillity, provide for common defence, promote general good, and secure to us and our posterity the advantage of civil and religious liberty, do solemnly declare— " 1. That from this day forward the people of Lower Canada are absolved from all allegiance to Great Britain, and that the political connexion between that power and Lower Canada is now dissolved. " 2. That a Republican form of Governmentis best suited to Lower Canada, which is this day declared to he a republic. " 3. That under the free Government of Lower Canada all persons shall enjoy the same rights ; the Indians shall no longer be under any civil disqualifications, but shall enjoy the same rights as all other citizens of Lower Canada. "4. That all union between Church and State is here by declared to be dissolved, and every person shall be at liberty freely to exercise such religion or belief as shall be dictated to him by his conscience. "5. That the feudal or seignorial tenure of land is hereby abolished as completely as if such tenure had never existed in Canada. " 6. That each and every person who shall bear arms or otherwise furnish assistance to the people of Canada in this contest for emancipation shall be, and is, discharged from all debts due, or obligations real or supposed, for ar rearages in virtue of seignorial rights heretofore existing. " 7. That the Douaire Coutumier is for the future abo lished and prohibited. " 8. That imprisonment for debt shall no longer exist, excepting in such cases of fraud as shall be specified in an Act to be passed hereafter by the Legislature of Lower Canada for this purpose. " 9. That sentence of death shall no longer be passed or executed, except in case of murder. " 10. That mortgages on land estate shall be special, and, to be valid, shall be enregistered in offices to be cre ated for this purpose by an Act of the Legislature of Lower Canada. " 11. That the liberty and freedom of the press shall exist in all public matters and affairs. " 12. That trial by Jury is guaranteed to the people of Lower Canada in its most extended and liberal sense, in all criminal suits, and in civil suits above a sum to be fixed by the Legislature of the State of Lower Canada. " 13. That, as general and public education is neces sary, and due by the Government to the people, an Act to provide for the same shall be passed as soon as the cir cumstances of the country will permit. " 1 4• That to secure the elective franchise, all elections shall be had by ballot. " 15. That with the least possible delay the people shall choose delegates according to the present division of the country, into counties, towns, and boroughs, who shall con stitute a convention or legislative body, to establish a con stitution according to the wants of the country, and in con formity with the disposition of this declaration, subject to be modified according to the will of the people. " 16. That every male person of the age of 21 years and upwards shall have the right of voting as herein provided, and for the election of the aforesaid delegates. .17. That all Crown lands, also such as are called clergy reserves, and such as are nominally in possession of a certain Company of landholders in England called the British North American Land Company,' are of right the property of the State of Lower Canada, except such portions of the aforesaid lands as may be in possession of persons who hold the same in good faith, and to whom titles shall be se cured and granted by virtue of a law which shall be enacted to legalize the possession of, and a title for, such untitled lots of land in the townships as are under cultivation or improvement, IS, That the French and English languages shall be used in all public affairs. " And for the fulfilment of this declaration, and for the support of the patriotic cause in which we are now engaged, with a firm reliance on the protection of the Almighty, and the justice of our conduct, we, by these presents, solemnly pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honour. " By artier of the Provisional Government, " ROBERT NELSON, President." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. M. Casimir Delavigne had yesterday the honour of dining with the King and Royal Family. The hotel of the Turkish Ambassador was brilliantly illuminated on Monday evening in honour of the Sultan's birthday. Talat Effendi, the late Charge d'Affaires of the Sublime Porte at Paris, has been recalled to Constantinople, where he has been appointed to the office of Secretary to the Divan. The Polish General Wroniecki died yesterday morning at the hospital at Chaillot, where he had been forced to seek an asylum. He was in the prime of life, and was one of the most distinguished officers of the Polish army created by the Grand Duke Constantine ; his works on the art of war are highly esteemed. Having taken part in the last revolution of hi s un f ortunate country, he was forced to emigrate, and has since resided in France. Count Montholon, who, sinco his return from St. Helena, had embarked in commercial tr a n sac tions, i came a ba n k rupt, b ut had subsequently satisfied failed,i,is credi tors, was y ester d ay restored by the Cour Royal to the en joyment of his rights as a citizen of France. A Royal ordinance dated the ad inst. confers upon the Professorship of Human uatomy at the Museum of Natu ral History in the Garden of Plants the title of Ckairc Anatomic et Hisloire et d'Histuire Naturelle de Homme. " The overtures for a reconciliation," says the Sieele, " between the Court and the Archbishop of Paris have terminated in the Prelate retiring to his tent, and refusing his ministry in the christening of Count de Paris, com plaining loudly of the non-execution of engagements, and of the refusal of indemnities stipulated as the price of his condescension. M. de Queen, however, believes that he cannot be dispensed with, and is waiting for fresh advances. Among other things, he is said to expect the revival in his person of the ancient prerogatives of Duke of St. Cloud, which were enjoyed by the Archbishops of Paris previous to 1789." Direct intelligence from Lahore, received in Paris, state that the most friendly relations subsist between Runjeet Singh and the Governor of the British possessions in India. We have reason to believe, however, that Great Britain, in the intrigues that disturb the peace of her colonies, has more than one enemy to apprehend.—Commerce. Major-General Bruce, Knight of the Dutch Order of the Lion, died on the 28th ult. at Utrecht, in his 83d year, Rear-Admiral Van der Straten, Knight of the Military Order of William of the third class, died at Harlingen, on the 23d ult., aged 65. FrtENCH FUNDS.—Etais, DECEMBER b. Five per Cents., 1 ICE sc. 10c. 13c. Latest Prices...llof. Four per Cents., 10311 75c. three per Cents., 81f. 50c. 55c. Bank Actions, 2,723 f. fiente de Naples, 99f. 50c. 70e. 60c. Homan Five per Cents., 101% Spanish Actives, 16 Spanish Passives, 3%. Belgian Five per Cents., 10 - 2. Belgian Three per Cents., 7-2 f, We, Belgian Bank, 1,415 t: 61 f. 60c. Poiruguese, Three per Cents. 20. 11:yrian Loan , 110 f. I..ree CIiSSMIS ON LUNIJON.—Ihe Month, mer,2st. 30e. ; m oney,2sf. 27 ke. months, paper, 25i. 17%c.; money. 251. 15c, SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 28.—The new Administration is nearly completed. The Queen-Regent signed yesterday the fol lowing appointments, viz : The Duke of Gor, Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Armendariz, Interior. M. Govantes, Justice. General Alaix, War. M. Primo de Rivera, Marine. The Financial Department is still vacant, and the candi dates proposed to fill it are Messrs. Satorras, Reynosa, San tillano, or Edalgo. General Alaix has pot yet arrived. These Ministerial arrangements are no# consequently considered definitive. The Queen had resolved on appointing the above -men tioned Ministers, after taking the opinion of the majority of the Chamber of Deputies. On the 27th, seventy-six of its members held a private meeting in the evening, and seventy out of the whole number pledged themselves to sur,port the Armendariz Cabinet. A letter from Saragossa of the 29th ult., published by the Sentinelle des Pyrenees, contains the following impor tant intelligence : " The kingdom of Arragon has just separated itself from the Government of Madrid, and proclaimed its inde pence. The first acts of the insurrectionary Junta were most energetic. It had ordered a levy en mane ; all men between eighteen and forty years of age were called under arms. A contribution of 18,000,000 reels was required of all the proprietors paying upwards of forty francs taxes. The example of Seville has thus been imitated by the Arragonese." The Captain-General of Arragon had issued the follow.. ing proclamation : " Arragonese,—The circumstances of the epoch, the situation in which we find ourselves, and even your safety and that of your families, render indispensable a measure which, rising in urgency above all others that have until now been dictated by necessity, will minister to these wants while it will deprive the enemy's rank of a great part of your youth, whose sentiments of loyalty can never be identi fied with the principles of desolation and barbarity which characterize the rebellious parties. " We lately saw the barbarous Cabrera, after spreading terror and desolation through a great portion of this king dom, carry away with him many of your noble sons, and force them to join banditti with whom they never can sympathise. Being informed that Cabrera means to extend the measure to all the kingdom, I considered it my duty to defeat his object, by calling into our ranks all those he might intend enrolling in his bands. This determination, which will appear harsh and terrible, I refrained hitherto, on that account, from adopting, but necessity now renders it indispensible. lam obliged to act upon circumstances, and to order, with the sanction of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, a ge neral rising, which, agreeably to the plan and instructions I will communicate to the Commissioners of the depots, shall be substituted for that lately decreed by the Government, and will have the effect of protecting from the violence of the traitors, our brave Arragonese youth, who will besides have it in their power to render glorious service to the na tion, and from whose generosity, valour, and patriotism, so much may he expected, &c. " SANTOS SAN MIGUEL. " Saragossa, Nov. 27, 1638." The horrid system of reprisals continued in Arragon. At Villa Hermosa, Cabrera caused the sons of the defender of the fort of Villamafesa to be shot. The eldest of these unfortunate infants was only 12 years of age ! The commander of Valencia, on his side, caused eleven Carlists to be put to death outside the gates of the city, on the 17th, in retaliation for the massacre of as many Christino s murdered near Segorbe a fewdays before. Finally, the Carlists having shot at Herrera thirty men of the gar rison of Carinena, the following order was addressed to the commander of Saragossa : " Excellency, —The General-in-Chief having received your communication, dated the 20th instant, containing the report of the military commander of Carinena, which informed your Excellency of the frightful massacre of the soldiers of the garrison of that town at' Herrera, directs me in consequence to call upon your Excellency to ap prise the Junta of Reprisals of his having decreed that a sub-lieutenant, two sergeants, a bugler, a first corporal, two second corporals, and thirty-two private soldiers, be immediately brought out of the depot of prisoners of Sa ragossa, and shot. " I request your Excellency to be pleased to make this order as public as possible, that it may have the desired end, which is not to shed Spanish blood, but to put tr a end to the cruelties of the rebel chief. " The Chief of the Staff, " PEDRO CUACON." On the 2.Bth ult. the execution of the urhappy prisoners actually took place. The Carlist officer who had been despatched to Cabrera to endeavour to dissuade him from perpetrating hereafter deeds of this kind, found him as Inexorable as ever. Cab rera replied, that he cared little for the fate of Carlist prisoners, that he would continue to act as hQ pleased, and that the Queen's Generals might do the same. He even threatened to shoot the officer, if he should renew his en treaties. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, DECEMBER Jr. Mr. O'Connell has arrived at Wexford. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. It is pretty certain now that the Government recom mendation will, with perhaps some slight modifications, be acted upon in the case of all the leading railways. A re quisition for a meeting of the merchants of Belfast to peti tion for the line recommended by the Commissioners, has been numerously signed ; and a meeting for a similar pur pose has taken place during the present week in the city of Armagh. The squabble which annoyed the country for so long a time after the Commissioners' Report, is dying away. LORD GOSFORD. The landowners and inhabitants of the county of Ar magh have presented an address to this nobleman, on his return from Canada and resumption of the otlice of Lieutenant of the County. The names fill nearly three columns of the local newspapers, and include those of several noblemen and commoners of large property. A meeting of the county of Louth is convened by the High Sheriff for the 10th inst., to adopt petitions on the, subject of Tithes Corporate Reform, and Extension of the Franchise. A resolution in favour of total abolition of the rent-charge tax will be proposed, and in all probability adopted by the meeting. Louth is one of the most agri cultural counties in Ireland, and the pressure of tithes are of course severely felt. MR. PLUMER WARD.—We understand the read ing world is soon to be presented with a new work from the pen of the author of " Tremaine " .n announcement that will be received with the highest interest by all classes of readers. The inexhaustible knowledge which. this writer possesses of the varieties and subleties of human character, and the unfailing success with which be has hitherto applied that knowledge to the delight and benefit of mankind, give promise of a work that will make up for the comparative barenness of the season in the production of either sterling or striking novels of the real life class. This new work is entitled " Pictures of the World, at Home and Abroad." THE NORTHERN YACHT STEAMER.—.« Coast Guard Office, Leith, Dec. I.—l beg leave to acquaint you. that part of a flat bottom of a vessel, apparently a steam boat, the keel about eighty feet long, copper fastened, but not copper sheathed, was washed on shore on the afternoon tide of the 29th ult. at Lamberton, between Eyemouth. and Berwick. On examining this part of the wreck there is every reason to believe it to be part of the Northern Yacht, supposed to have foundered off Berwick.—l ant, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. J. ARROW. " David Thom, Esq., Leith."